It should be noted that Greek and Roman religious ideas were not monolithic. In later years, people began worshiping all kinds of newfangled eastern gods. {{Plato}} wanted to outlaw Creator/{{Homer}}'s epics because [[MoralGuardians he thought their gods were bad role-models]]. Considering their ''lack'' of ComesGreatResponsibility, he may have had a point. Philosophers exercised various degrees of skepticism towards the old myths, to the point that the Epicureans were accused of atheism (though some scholars say that atheism in those days meant a lack of worship for the gods and not a lack of belief). Some historians, notably Euhemerus, tried to reinterpret the gods as having originally been great kings. The Epicurean writer Lucian of Samosata was already [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructing]] popular religious stories in the second century AD. Belief in classical mythology gradually waned between the second and fifth centuries, largely due to the spread of the then-new religion UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}. In fact the Romans' dislike of Christians stemmed from the fact that Christians refused to accept any god but their own, which the Romans considered arrogant.

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It should be noted that Greek and Roman religious ideas were not monolithic. In later years, people began worshiping all kinds of newfangled eastern gods. Creator/{{Plato}} wanted to outlaw Creator/{{Homer}}'s epics because [[MoralGuardians he thought their gods were bad role-models]]. Considering their ''lack'' of ComesGreatResponsibility, he may have had a point. Philosophers exercised various degrees of skepticism towards the old myths, to the point that the Epicureans were accused of atheism (though some scholars say that atheism in those days meant a lack of worship for the gods and not a lack of belief). Some historians, notably Euhemerus, tried to reinterpret the gods as having originally been great kings. The Epicurean writer Lucian of Samosata was already [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructing]] popular religious stories in the second century AD. Belief in classical mythology gradually waned between the second and fifth centuries, largely due to the spread of the then-new religion UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}. In fact the Romans' dislike of Christians stemmed from the fact that Christians refused to accept any god but their own, which the Romans considered arrogant.

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* DarkIsNotEvil: 
** Hades, who contrary to [[GodOfEvil modern adaptations]] was the stoic and gloomy but non-evil ruler of the dead who had no designs (that we're aware of) on his brother's throne. He was actually one of the ''less'' selfish or petty gods. 
** Helps he pretty much got the raw end of the deal, he's overworked (thanks to all the Greek heroes and gods), no one likes him, and the prime reason why he kidnapped his wife Persephone was out of loneliness. At least the marriage worked out.
*** Ancient Greece considered marriage to be an abduction of a woman from her family. So in truth, back then, Hades wouldn't have been considered to be kidnapping Persephone, [[{{ValuesDissonance}} merely marrying her.]]
** And then there's the fact that Hades [[PetTheDog could and did occasionally bend the rules for mortals]], such as with Orpheus and Eurydice. And when he ''did'' screw around with mortals, he was actually justified in doing so -- Theseus and Peirithous tried to kidnap Persephone, Sisyphus (see above) tried to cheat death, and Zeus blasted Asclepius because Hades complained that Asclepius's efforts were cheating him of new subjects for his kingdom. In general, if you didn't bother Hades, he wouldn't bother you.
*** According to some versions of the story, Hades had no problem with a kickass healer like Asclepius until he started going from curing the deathly ill and mortally wounded to actually ''[[BackFromTheDead raising the dead.]]'' From his perspective, medicine is fine, but stealing Hades's subjects without his express permission is a '''Bad Idea'''.
** Not to mention, one thing that's not commonly mentioned (Except in [[PercyJackson Rick Riordan's works]] or the city-building game ''Zeus'') is that Hades was lord of the dead and the underworld, but also the lord of everything in the earth, including mineral wealth. (His roman name even comes from the word meaning wealth) Death itself was actually ''Thanatos'', one of his servants.* DeathBySex: Most of the immortals' human consorts... [[FateWorseThanDeath if they were lucky]].

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